Journal Evaluation
Journal Article Citation
Collier, P. (2007). Africa's Economic Growth: Opportunities and Constraints. African Development Review, 19(1), 6-25.
Strategy for Finding the Journal Article
I started my search by searching for "African Development" under the E-Journals Tab within UNC’s library website. From here I selected the most recent edition of the "African Development Review," until it leads me to EBSCOhost's result page. I then clicked on "Full Text" option, and then selected my journal.
Rationale for Selecting this Journal Article
I choose this site because its title suggested growth opportunities and constraints, two major topics of my research question, and it was published fairly recently, in 2007.
Journal Article General Evaluation
I thought the authority behind the journal article was a reputable one; they are a "professional journal devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa". The article cover many different examples of growth constraint and possibilities for growth, however he does not go into much detail within any one example. I believe it is intended for anyone interested in this topic. The language within the article is straight forward and does not use any technique jargon. I deemed this article to be recent enough to address my question, from April 2007, since development issues are looked at on a long term scale so any issues from 2007 are more than likely to be occurring now also.
Strategies Used to Search Within
Since this article is a fairly long one, twenty one pages, it was important to be able to search through this article quickly, and this was easy since the article is displayed in a .pdf which contains a search tool for its documents. Scrolling down, one could also search for topics through their large general headings. I was interested in the general heading to get a broad picture of their constraints, so I choose to scroll down and skim through the article.
Brief Summary
The article mentioned a number of issues that is constraining their ability to grow, and through possible solutions to these issues, areas of growth opportunities. Within the article Paul Collier "relates this to the region's distinctive physical and political geography. These features not only make Africa different from other regions, they make some parts of Africa radically different from others. Understanding these differences is critical because they imply equally substantial differences in opportunities and hence in the strategies likely to be effective for growth. No pan-African growth strategy offers a realistic prospect of success, nor can Africa simply copy the strategies of successful regions that have fundamentally different physical or political geography." - Abstract
Revised Draft Question
Once again I choose to remain with my revised research topic. This journal provided me with some informational constraints prohibiting economic growth.
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